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Notes on applied AI
Practical insight on building and governing AI systems, for leaders and founders.New models, benchmarks and the methods we use ourselves.
11 Aug 2026 · RS Management
Does AI Recommend Your Company?
AI crawlers read company sites far more often than they send a visitor back. What that means, what not to buy and how to measure your own visibility.
Read the note →7 Aug 2026 · RS Management
Popular AI Repos on GitHub
The most popular AI projects on GitHub in August 2026 and what star counts reveal about maturity and what they hide.
Read the note →4 Aug 2026 · RS Management
The AI Act After 2 August 2026
The AI Act after 2 August 2026: which obligations now apply, which moved to December 2027 under Regulation 2026/1744, and what HR teams should do.
Read the note →21 Jul 2026 · RS Management
Tokens and Context
Cutting AI running costs: prompt caching, history summarisation, retrieval instead of pasting, model routing and output length caps.
Read the note →7 Jul 2026 · RS Management
MCP or CLI
How the Model Context Protocol compares with CLI and script integrations: when standardization pays off, when a script is enough, and how to audit calls.
Read the note →23 Jun 2026 · RS Management
Better Prompting at Work
Five parts of a prompt that actually change the output, before and after pairs from everyday office work, and how to iterate when the first answer misses.
Read the note →9 Jun 2026 · RS Management
Running Models Locally
A practical look at hardware tiers for running AI models locally, from laptops to unified-memory machines, and where the case against API breaks down.
Read the note →26 May 2026 · RS Management
How to Read AI Model Benchmarks Without Buying Marketing
Training data contamination, label errors and version variance make model leaderboards misleading. How to build a test set on your own data instead.
Read the note →12 May 2026 · RS Management
Commercial AI APIs or Open Weights
When a commercial API model wins and when open weights win: data confidentiality, cost at scale, quality in non-English languages, version control.
Read the note →28 Apr 2026 · RS Management
From POC to Production
Most AI proofs of concept never reach production. Five differences that separate a pilot ending in a demo from one that ships.
Read the note →14 Apr 2026 · RS Management
Chatbots and Voicebots in a Large Organization
What decides whether a chatbot or voicebot works at enterprise scale: knowledge quality, data separation, escalation paths and content upkeep.
Read the note →10 Mar 2026 · RS Management
The EU AI Act Is Already Law
The EU AI Act is already in force. A practical guide for leaders in banking, pharma and energy on what changed, who is liable and where to start preparing.
Read the note →26 Feb 2026 · RS Management
When One AI Agent Stops Being Enough
Why a single generalist AI agent breaks down as scope grows, and how a coordinated swarm of specialists restores quality, control and accountability.
Read the note →25 Feb 2026 · RS Management
Model Routing
A practical framework for deciding which AI model should handle which task, based on cost, latency and risk rather than habit.
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